Chapter 158: Beginning of The Forced Tournament
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Night fall came after the DOC was repaired, making sure that it was hacker free. Daniel and the group walked out to the entrance.
"Well it was a great day with you guys. I'll cherish this moment for ever!" Takura said.
"So will we. It was good to meet you." Daniel said, putting out his hand. Takura shook his hand.
"Well, there's my ride, see you guys!" Takura waved, running to a black car and getting in.
As Takura got in, his driver handed him mail. "Master Takura, a letter has arrived for your." The Driver said, handing him a letter.
"Ooo who from?" Takura asked.
"No return address, sir." The driver said.
Takura opened the envelope to see a letter with fancy print on it. The letter said. 'Dear Duelist, after the Toon World Tournament was unleashed, another game has been unleashed. You and other duelist were chosen to attend to these games. Go to 74th Avenue and meet at the Entrance of the Kepton Corporation. We insist you join our fantastic games.'
"Wow this sounds neat. I think I'll go." Takura thought, putting the letter back into the envelope.
Daniel stretched. "Wow this was a big day." He said.
"Now how do we get back?" Mink asked.
"I can drive. My arm has healed enough." Devon said.
"Nah, maybe we can stay the night here. We can't risk you stopping if something sudden happens. Plus, we can have a non-dueling day tomorrow." Allen suggested.
"Sounds like an idea. I plan for some sleep now." Kai said as the group walked off back to Devon's motor home.
"Hmmm..." Mink thought.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked, letting the rest of the group walk off.
"I'm not sure about Jin... He seemed he had better plans to do then attend the tournament. He left in a hurry and it's jogging my mind, not knowing what else he could do." Mink said.
"Remember my wager? I told Jin not to bother use anymore and to leave." Daniel said.
"Correction, you only said to leave Paul alone. We're still vulnerable." Mink said, bitting her finger.
"That's right. But I said for him to leave." Daniel shrugged.
The two walked back into the motor home and slept.
"Has my invitation's been set?" Jin asked, looking down at the clock which stood at 4:00.
"Yes sir..." Gacku said from the intercom, out side of Jin's office.
"Good. Let the reign of torture begin." Jin smiled.
The sun rose up, gleaming across the parking lot. Several workers had gotten to the park, getting ready for it's opening.
Daniel woke up, seeing everyone was already gone. He came out, shielding his eyes from the bright sun. There was a table set up, everyone siting around it and eating breakfast.
"Your just in time!" Jess said happily.
"Yeah! Who knew Jess was such a great cook." Allen said, waiting at the table and drooling for food. Jess laughed, dumping a pan of scrambled eggs on his plate.
Devon had gotten coffee ready from his coffee machine and Daniel sat down next to Kai. "Look what we got." Kai said, showing Daniel a letter.
Daniel looked at the letter, reading it. "Another tournament?" Daniel said.
"Looks like it." Jess said, turning off the portable stove.
"Should we join? It does say people were invited from the last tournament but I doubt anyone else but Paul, Jin, or Takura would be there." Devon said.
"If there's not going to be much people. I say we join." Allen said, putting soda can down on the table.
"What happened to the Non-Dueling Day?" Mink snickered.
"Be quiet! I was too tired that time!" Allen mumbled.
"Well let's go and check it out." Daniel smiled.
"Alright. If Dan's in, I am!" Kai said, standing up.
"We might as well join too." Mink said, looking at Jess.
"Yeah. I've already got some nerve to beat down Jin's face after out last encounter." Jess smiled, evilly.
"Great! We got at 12!" Devon said. "Of course I'll stay back and watch. I'm not much the type to join tournaments."
"Aww come on!" Mink said, pulling on Devon's arm. "We'll be sad."
"No really^^; It's ok." Devon said, blushing.
"Aww fine...." Jess sighed.
Pegasus got to his beach room where his laptop remain on. He yawned, dragging himself across the room in his robe and answering a video e-mail.
"Hello Pegasus J. Crawford." Jin said, smiling in the video.
"Hoi..." Pegasus gasped.
"By the time you get this. Your little duelist will be at my hands. Even Paul will surrender his power to me. This is a fair warning. Once my plans succeed, you're going down." Jin said in a angry voice and pounding on his desk, turning the video off.
"I have to stop him..." Pegasus growled.
Paul got to his office which a cologne smell seeping from him, greeted by his secretary. Paul nodded his head, walking into his office, seeing an envelope on his desk.
Paul walked around his desk, pressing the intercom button. "Is there a return address to this letter?" Paul asked.
"No sir." The secretary responded.
Paul looked at he letter, opening it and reading it. "Hoi...." He growled.
"Sir. Your guests have arrived. Shall I bring them in?" The secretary asked.
"No, reschedule. I have somewhere to be." Paul replied, taking out his suit case and opening it. Inside his suit case was his Duel Xero. Paul took the deck out, sliding it into his duel holster and walking out into a different door which leaded down into the garage.
The security guard greeted Paul. "Which ride do you want today? Sir?" The guard asked.
"Give me my bike." Paul said as he walked to the small garage. The guard came over, unlocking it with his key and opening it up. Inside was Paul's motorcycle of the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
The guard then handed Paul the keys and Paul quickly put his helmet on and got on, driving out of the garage, leaving a 100 dollar bill for the guard as a tip.
Devon drove his motor home to the address, left on the letter. "Here we are, Kepton Corporation. Looks new." Devon said, stopping at the side of the sidewalk.
Everyone got out, smelling the fresh air and seeing a familiar person sitting on a bench. "Hey Takura!" Kai yelled.
Takura looked up from his book. "Hey guys!" Takura waved. The group met up with him at the bench.
"So you got invited to this place?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah. I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm so excited!" Takura smiled.
Suddenly the chatter was interrupted by a loud engine, stopping behind Devon's motor home. Paul came out in his new outfit. He wore a long navy blue trench coat with black pants and straps around his waist. "What do you all think you're doing here." He grumbled.
"We were invited fairly." Jess groaned with annoyance.
"Oh really. Had any thought who exactly invited you here?" Paul asked.
"Dunno." Allen said, shrugging.
"Hoi. Evidently, you all still don't know when to butt out of my business between him and me." He snarled. "I suggest you all leave right now."
"But we just got here!" Mink complained.
"Paul, I think you owe Dan a thank you or something. He saved your butt back at Toon World" Kai said.
"Heh, yeah right. Why should I thank him. I could have handled Hoi by myself." Paul smirked.
"You did and you ended up losing." Dan said. "I don't care if you thank me or not but what happened between you and Jin ended with us being in between your little quarry."
"Quarry? I'm only trying to bring his company down. People like him are scum of the earth that have no reason to even be hosting a Duel Monsters company." Paul said, walking up on the stairs and at the entrance.
"I see you are all here..." A voice boomed from an intercom.
"It is Jin...." Devon said looking up.
"Now... Let my own reign of terror begin. I suggest you all enter the door to your left first." Jin's voice said as a flashing light flashed above the correct door, a yard away from the main entrance.
"Why?" Paul asked. "It's not like some of us can go."
"I suggest you do, especially you, Dan. Unless you want to go home with no family at all." Jin said.
"What is he talking about?" Kai said.
"I don't have a good feeling..." Daniel said out loud.
"You shouldn't, Danny-Boy." Jin said. Suddenly there was a thud, sounding like Jin had picked up the microphone.
"Dan! Help me." An innocent voice frantically said into the intercom.
"Mom?!" Daniel said.
"Yes, Danny-Boy. Your mommy is here. But if you ever want to see her again, you and all your friends better enter. Especially you, Devon." Jin said.
"Why would you do such a thing?!" Takura yelled.
"Why else? To get what I want! And to get what I want, I'll put anything in danger. So Dan, you up for it? Or are you going to leave your mommy and head back to your home, living the rest of your life in loneliness." Jin said, taunting Daniel.
"We go..." Allen said, heading to the door.
"Yes..." Daniel said, walking ahead of Allen.
The rest followed, leaving their rides outside. Paul was last to enter, looking back outside, he entered.
The group entered into a thin hall way full of metal. "So.. where exactly are we going?" Mink asked.
Suddenly Daniel came to an abrupt stop. The rest stopped as well. "Looks like we have four ways to go." Takura said.
"We should split up in twos." Paul said, turning to face the group.
"Jess, Mink. You take that way." Paul pointed. "Allen and Kai, there. Takura and Devon, here. And me and Daniel will take the last."
"Whoa wait. Who died and said you could be the boss of us?" Allen said.
"Paul's right. We can cover more ground." Daniel said, facing Allen.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Jess asked.
"Yes... Focus on winning these games no matter what, even if it's against one of us." Daniel said.
"Right..." Everyone said, nodding their heads.
"Well, Allen. Looks like we're paired up again." Kai said.
"Yeah, let's go!" Allen said as both Kai and Allen took their road.
"Good luck you guys." Mink said waving.
"Don't go against each other." Jess said, waving as her and Mink left for their room.
"You up for it?" Devon said looking down at Takura.
"I'm up for it. For Dan!" Takura said, running off into the hall.
"Ack! Wait, we need to stay together!" Devon called out, running after Takura.
Daniel and Paul were left at their only road. "I'm not doing this for the sake of your family. Only to beat Jin." Paul said.
"I understand. But if it were your brother, you'd do the same thing." Daniel said, walking off with no feeling.
Paul looked at Daniel, keeping his hands crossed. "Like you know anything." He thought, following him.
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Night fall came after the DOC was repaired, making sure that it was hacker free. Daniel and the group walked out to the entrance.
"Well it was a great day with you guys. I'll cherish this moment for ever!" Takura said.
"So will we. It was good to meet you." Daniel said, putting out his hand. Takura shook his hand.
"Well, there's my ride, see you guys!" Takura waved, running to a black car and getting in.
As Takura got in, his driver handed him mail. "Master Takura, a letter has arrived for your." The Driver said, handing him a letter.
"Ooo who from?" Takura asked.
"No return address, sir." The driver said.
Takura opened the envelope to see a letter with fancy print on it. The letter said. 'Dear Duelist, after the Toon World Tournament was unleashed, another game has been unleashed. You and other duelist were chosen to attend to these games. Go to 74th Avenue and meet at the Entrance of the Kepton Corporation. We insist you join our fantastic games.'
"Wow this sounds neat. I think I'll go." Takura thought, putting the letter back into the envelope.
Daniel stretched. "Wow this was a big day." He said.
"Now how do we get back?" Mink asked.
"I can drive. My arm has healed enough." Devon said.
"Nah, maybe we can stay the night here. We can't risk you stopping if something sudden happens. Plus, we can have a non-dueling day tomorrow." Allen suggested.
"Sounds like an idea. I plan for some sleep now." Kai said as the group walked off back to Devon's motor home.
"Hmmm..." Mink thought.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked, letting the rest of the group walk off.
"I'm not sure about Jin... He seemed he had better plans to do then attend the tournament. He left in a hurry and it's jogging my mind, not knowing what else he could do." Mink said.
"Remember my wager? I told Jin not to bother use anymore and to leave." Daniel said.
"Correction, you only said to leave Paul alone. We're still vulnerable." Mink said, bitting her finger.
"That's right. But I said for him to leave." Daniel shrugged.
The two walked back into the motor home and slept.
"Has my invitation's been set?" Jin asked, looking down at the clock which stood at 4:00.
"Yes sir..." Gacku said from the intercom, out side of Jin's office.
"Good. Let the reign of torture begin." Jin smiled.
The sun rose up, gleaming across the parking lot. Several workers had gotten to the park, getting ready for it's opening.
Daniel woke up, seeing everyone was already gone. He came out, shielding his eyes from the bright sun. There was a table set up, everyone siting around it and eating breakfast.
"Your just in time!" Jess said happily.
"Yeah! Who knew Jess was such a great cook." Allen said, waiting at the table and drooling for food. Jess laughed, dumping a pan of scrambled eggs on his plate.
Devon had gotten coffee ready from his coffee machine and Daniel sat down next to Kai. "Look what we got." Kai said, showing Daniel a letter.
Daniel looked at the letter, reading it. "Another tournament?" Daniel said.
"Looks like it." Jess said, turning off the portable stove.
"Should we join? It does say people were invited from the last tournament but I doubt anyone else but Paul, Jin, or Takura would be there." Devon said.
"If there's not going to be much people. I say we join." Allen said, putting soda can down on the table.
"What happened to the Non-Dueling Day?" Mink snickered.
"Be quiet! I was too tired that time!" Allen mumbled.
"Well let's go and check it out." Daniel smiled.
"Alright. If Dan's in, I am!" Kai said, standing up.
"We might as well join too." Mink said, looking at Jess.
"Yeah. I've already got some nerve to beat down Jin's face after out last encounter." Jess smiled, evilly.
"Great! We got at 12!" Devon said. "Of course I'll stay back and watch. I'm not much the type to join tournaments."
"Aww come on!" Mink said, pulling on Devon's arm. "We'll be sad."
"No really^^; It's ok." Devon said, blushing.
"Aww fine...." Jess sighed.
Pegasus got to his beach room where his laptop remain on. He yawned, dragging himself across the room in his robe and answering a video e-mail.
"Hello Pegasus J. Crawford." Jin said, smiling in the video.
"Hoi..." Pegasus gasped.
"By the time you get this. Your little duelist will be at my hands. Even Paul will surrender his power to me. This is a fair warning. Once my plans succeed, you're going down." Jin said in a angry voice and pounding on his desk, turning the video off.
"I have to stop him..." Pegasus growled.
Paul got to his office which a cologne smell seeping from him, greeted by his secretary. Paul nodded his head, walking into his office, seeing an envelope on his desk.
Paul walked around his desk, pressing the intercom button. "Is there a return address to this letter?" Paul asked.
"No sir." The secretary responded.
Paul looked at he letter, opening it and reading it. "Hoi...." He growled.
"Sir. Your guests have arrived. Shall I bring them in?" The secretary asked.
"No, reschedule. I have somewhere to be." Paul replied, taking out his suit case and opening it. Inside his suit case was his Duel Xero. Paul took the deck out, sliding it into his duel holster and walking out into a different door which leaded down into the garage.
The security guard greeted Paul. "Which ride do you want today? Sir?" The guard asked.
"Give me my bike." Paul said as he walked to the small garage. The guard came over, unlocking it with his key and opening it up. Inside was Paul's motorcycle of the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
The guard then handed Paul the keys and Paul quickly put his helmet on and got on, driving out of the garage, leaving a 100 dollar bill for the guard as a tip.
Devon drove his motor home to the address, left on the letter. "Here we are, Kepton Corporation. Looks new." Devon said, stopping at the side of the sidewalk.
Everyone got out, smelling the fresh air and seeing a familiar person sitting on a bench. "Hey Takura!" Kai yelled.
Takura looked up from his book. "Hey guys!" Takura waved. The group met up with him at the bench.
"So you got invited to this place?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah. I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm so excited!" Takura smiled.
Suddenly the chatter was interrupted by a loud engine, stopping behind Devon's motor home. Paul came out in his new outfit. He wore a long navy blue trench coat with black pants and straps around his waist. "What do you all think you're doing here." He grumbled.
"We were invited fairly." Jess groaned with annoyance.
"Oh really. Had any thought who exactly invited you here?" Paul asked.
"Dunno." Allen said, shrugging.
"Hoi. Evidently, you all still don't know when to butt out of my business between him and me." He snarled. "I suggest you all leave right now."
"But we just got here!" Mink complained.
"Paul, I think you owe Dan a thank you or something. He saved your butt back at Toon World" Kai said.
"Heh, yeah right. Why should I thank him. I could have handled Hoi by myself." Paul smirked.
"You did and you ended up losing." Dan said. "I don't care if you thank me or not but what happened between you and Jin ended with us being in between your little quarry."
"Quarry? I'm only trying to bring his company down. People like him are scum of the earth that have no reason to even be hosting a Duel Monsters company." Paul said, walking up on the stairs and at the entrance.
"I see you are all here..." A voice boomed from an intercom.
"It is Jin...." Devon said looking up.
"Now... Let my own reign of terror begin. I suggest you all enter the door to your left first." Jin's voice said as a flashing light flashed above the correct door, a yard away from the main entrance.
"Why?" Paul asked. "It's not like some of us can go."
"I suggest you do, especially you, Dan. Unless you want to go home with no family at all." Jin said.
"What is he talking about?" Kai said.
"I don't have a good feeling..." Daniel said out loud.
"You shouldn't, Danny-Boy." Jin said. Suddenly there was a thud, sounding like Jin had picked up the microphone.
"Dan! Help me." An innocent voice frantically said into the intercom.
"Mom?!" Daniel said.
"Yes, Danny-Boy. Your mommy is here. But if you ever want to see her again, you and all your friends better enter. Especially you, Devon." Jin said.
"Why would you do such a thing?!" Takura yelled.
"Why else? To get what I want! And to get what I want, I'll put anything in danger. So Dan, you up for it? Or are you going to leave your mommy and head back to your home, living the rest of your life in loneliness." Jin said, taunting Daniel.
"We go..." Allen said, heading to the door.
"Yes..." Daniel said, walking ahead of Allen.
The rest followed, leaving their rides outside. Paul was last to enter, looking back outside, he entered.
The group entered into a thin hall way full of metal. "So.. where exactly are we going?" Mink asked.
Suddenly Daniel came to an abrupt stop. The rest stopped as well. "Looks like we have four ways to go." Takura said.
"We should split up in twos." Paul said, turning to face the group.
"Jess, Mink. You take that way." Paul pointed. "Allen and Kai, there. Takura and Devon, here. And me and Daniel will take the last."
"Whoa wait. Who died and said you could be the boss of us?" Allen said.
"Paul's right. We can cover more ground." Daniel said, facing Allen.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Jess asked.
"Yes... Focus on winning these games no matter what, even if it's against one of us." Daniel said.
"Right..." Everyone said, nodding their heads.
"Well, Allen. Looks like we're paired up again." Kai said.
"Yeah, let's go!" Allen said as both Kai and Allen took their road.
"Good luck you guys." Mink said waving.
"Don't go against each other." Jess said, waving as her and Mink left for their room.
"You up for it?" Devon said looking down at Takura.
"I'm up for it. For Dan!" Takura said, running off into the hall.
"Ack! Wait, we need to stay together!" Devon called out, running after Takura.
Daniel and Paul were left at their only road. "I'm not doing this for the sake of your family. Only to beat Jin." Paul said.
"I understand. But if it were your brother, you'd do the same thing." Daniel said, walking off with no feeling.
Paul looked at Daniel, keeping his hands crossed. "Like you know anything." He thought, following him.